Manu Chandaria - Chandaria Foundation

Dr. Manu Chandaria is a billionaire Kenyan industrialist and one of Africa's most prominent philanthropists. As of May 2026, he is 97 years old and has largely stepped back from daily corporate operations to focus on his charitable legacy. He remains a revered elder statesman of the Kenyan economy, famously living by a philosophy of simplicity—owning only five suits and viewing himself as a "trustee" of his wealth